TY - BOOK ID - 78716651 TI - The state of the African American male AU - Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni M. AU - Polite, Vernon C. PY - 2010 SN - 1628951680 1609172221 9781628961683 1628961686 9781609172220 9780870138706 0870138707 PB - East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Educational equalization KW - Academic achievement KW - African American young men KW - African American boys KW - Afro-American boys KW - Boys KW - Afro-American young men KW - Young men, African American KW - Young men KW - Social conditions. KW - Education. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78716651 AB - The circumstances affecting many African American males in schools and society remain complex and problematic. In spite of modest gains in school achievement and graduation rates, conditions that impede the progress of African American males persist: high rates of school violence and suspensions, overrepresentation in special education classes, poor access to higher education, high incidence of crime and incarceration, gender and masculine identity issues, and HIV/AIDS and other health crises. The essays gathered here focus on these issues as they exist for males in grades ER -